Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol